The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-05-03

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME  V  NUMBER  36
THE PINE KiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY.  MAY  3, 1940
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outeide
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CO. CONVENTION
OF WOMENS CLUBS
TO BE HELD HERE
The Pine River Eradelphian Club
will he hostess to a county-wide contention May 16. Plans are under way
for a very successful get-together for
the ten federated clubs in Cass County- Mrs. Dan DeLury of Walker, president, met with the local club Friday to discuss plans for the meeting-
Mrs. A. O. Thompson was hostess
to the club on Friday of last week, at
which time Mrs. H. A. York gave a
very interesting account of her trip
to the west coast, and Mrs- John Kater Jr., gave a book report.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs- John Allen on Friday, May 10. Mrs. LaMoins of Akeley, will be present to talk on ''Indian
Welfare" and Mrs. Allen will give a
talk on "Indians in Minnesota."
This meeting is scheduled to begin
at two o'clock sharp.
FAREWELL PARTY FOR FACULTY
TO BE HELD ON MAY 6
The last regular meeting of the
PTA, finishing up the business for the
year, election and installation of officers will take place at the school auditorium Monday evening. Following the meeting, a farewell party will
be held in honor of the teachers. The
public is cordially invited to attend
Hi is meeting,
under Mi-. Vverett Nelson's guidance.
Two plays will be presented by th-"
Footlights Club and a short skit by
the Paint and Wig Club-
TOWNSEND  RALLY WILL  BE
HELD     AT     BRAINERD     SAT
THE PINE GRANGE
"WOMAN   IN   THE   GRANGE"
The founders of the Grange gave
woman a very definite place in its
set-up, and this she 'has consistantiy
maintained. They admitted her to an
' equal voice and vote in the new fraternity itself; made her eligible to all
offices and solicited her council and
approval.
The founders viewpoint, seventy-
three : years ago, clearly points oat
the view in a single paragraph from
Grange ritualism:
"The Grange door swings inward
as readily to the gentle touch of woman as to the bolder knock of man.
She is conducted, not to a silent and
humble seat in the congregation, but
is given an equal voice in its councils
and shares with her brother its most
exalted honors." The Grange lias
proven an excellent training school
for the rural women of America for
nearly seven decades and provided a
powerful agency through which to
fight 'her battles for herself and her
family; to lighten her burdens and to
improve her condition.
Woman in the Grange, has found
means of self-expression and has been
brought, in real sense, into partnership with her 'husband. The Grange
has brought the home-makers of America an opportunity for self-development and genuine culture, with the
added privilege of united service in
whatever makes for community progress.
The Grange is entitled to the membership and the cordial support of every woman who believes in finer, happier and richer community life.
Therefore, the Grange is a great
farm fraternity-
Building character, developing leadership, encouraging education, promoting community betterment, Instilling an appreciation of high ideals,
teaching through work and play the
value of cooperation and service in
the attainment of happiness. Women
in the Grange 'have a big part in all,
and also the entire family is included- "The secret of happiness is in always having something to do and in
doing that something with zeal and
happiness-"
Mrs. Charles Chamberlain has recently returned to her home in Pine
River, after spending a few weeks !n
Excelsior Springs, Mo., where she
was at the the McCleary Sanitarium
and Clinic. Mrs. Chamberlain reports a pleasant time in the resort
town and states that she is feeling
fine.
CARD   OF  THANKS
A Tvwnsend Rally will be held at
the Washington High School auditorium at Brainerd Saturday afternoon,
Miy 4, at 2 p. m. This Rally yill
will -ai;e in the northern half of tlie
State-. The public is cordially invited
to -attend. Roy O- Web, national representative of Illinois, and Herbert
Harem of Minnesota, will be the principle speakers-
LOCALS
Mrs. L. E. Dougherty was called to
Foley on Wednesday of last week, by
the serious illness of her mother. L-
E- Dougherty and sons drove down
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs- Dwight Sherwood and
Mr. and Mrs- Nelson of Brainerd,
called at the N. D. Sheirwood home
Monday, enroute to Bemidji, where
they attended a music festival.
THE BENEFITS
OF DEMOCRACY
We wish to express our sincere
Thanks and heartfelt appreciation for
the many acts of kindness shown us
during our recent bereavement. We
also wish to thank all those who sent
floral offerings and to all those who
gave their services at the funeral to
make it comforting and beautiful.
Please accept our gratitude.
Mr. and Mrs- Claude Guptill Jr-
and children
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Guptill Sr.
Mrs. A.  Maude  Stoutenburg
Need—Use A Want-Ad!
To Sell That Article You Don't
by  Mary Sevarns
Let us first appraise ourselves. Who
are we, and what is our rating?
We are Americans, a vast army of
men, women and growing youths of
all nationalites, creeds and color.
Our objective is to have America
know, itself and to have the privilege
of being an American citizen, the
most highly respected privilege that
can be had by a free man.
The definition of Democracy as being a government by the people co.-
lectively through elected representi-
tives, is broad and widely diliubed.
Democracy at its fullest and best
simply means freedom and 'happiness.
The most precious thing in the lii':
of an American today, is nis right to
live lis life freely, to speak his mind
to decide for or against a given th'.'>g,
anil to stand by his decision.
These are blessings which not many
comif-.es in the world possess. T >
i;w i.nder other conditions w, ul-1 hi
Into i lable t° us-
Th • American people have lived a
great many years under a Democratic government functioning under the
capitalist system. We have not al
ways lived under capitalism, because
generally speaking economists, date
its beginning back to the 1800's-
The United States has never feit
that its industrial anil social conditions at a given moment in its history
have been secure, that the rising generation must accept..
The youthful mind is more plastic
than the old, but ingrained influences
of generations are strong and cannot
be' resisted by young people. The
spirit to strive, to equal, to excell, and
to imitate is strong in our young Am
ericans.
AVe have belived in progress under
the elastic provisions of United
States Constitution and our Young
Americans believe in it.
Within the framework of Democracy under capitalism, we feel lies
the greatest good for the greatest
number, which is the whole purpose
of our government. We have faith to
belive that in another century from
now the United States will be even
a better place to live than the present time. Our records and history
prove it-
Our form of democratic constitution
al government has given an exceptionally good account of itself in the past
one-hundred-fifty years, and apparent
ly is solely fit for the vast majority
of  Americans  living  here.
America is growing up. It is becoming more mature in its judgments.
Our great assembly of people live
in a land of vast resources with living room for all. We produce in such
an abundance we actually have an
embarrasing surplus of    foods.    Our
OLD FIDDLERS
CONTEST TO BE
HELD THIS MONTH
The date for the annual Old Time
Fiddlers Contest has been set for
May 24.
The sum of $30 has been set aside
for prizes by the VFW and will he
pro-rated among the winners. Oil
time fiddle and accordian music wili
be accepted in the contest. A full evening of entertainment is being binned.
Anyone wishing to enter the contest
should get in touch with Homer Fraser or Robert Lane.
Theatre Building
Being Remodeled
Work was started on Tuesday of
this week, remodeling the interior of
the Marlow Theatre. The walls and
ceiling will all be finished in celotex,
which together with making a beautiful interior, forms a perfect background for accoustics.
The front of the auditorium will be
rounded off at each side to meet the
stage doing away with unnecessary
space at the front. New lighting fix
tures will he installed together witn
numerous other improvements planned by Mr- Rohr, owner of the thea
tre- The theatre will be open gam
Friday evening (tonight) and programs will continue as usual.
industrial equipment is intact. Mistakes have been made in our economical and social conditions and we have
learned from them. But as a people
we are not discouraged.
The Christian spirit could do much
toward solving the differences of Capitol and Labor in the United States-
This would bring great honor to our
American  people.
It has been my belief that true
character rests on religion, which recognizes duties of man to God, and to
one's fellow men. Religion is also necessary for a greater progress of our
nation-
This country has grown great in
the commercial world because of individual freedom. Personal liberty is
a priceless treasure, and may God
help our people and forbid that we
should ever lose it.
The eyes of thoughful citizens are
focused on two great problems confronting America today: Communism
and Fascism, but wheels have been
set in motion to break down the fears
of such outcries.
We of the United States, in and of
a world, may not hope to be unscathed by troubles of others, and despite
our desire to avoid entanglements in
other people's quarrels, we are unavoidably put to a test of strength between Democracy and Dictatorship.
The good will and moral support and
more likely the physical power of the
(United States will be found defending
a way of life, which is our own, and
the only life Americans believe worth
living.
Here we must say youth has vote!
almost unanimously for Democracy
and has denounced Communism and
Fascism, in fact all isms—except
Americanism.
Youth has also put its finger on enemies of Democracy such as failure
to vote, and participation in our government, corruption and dishonesty
Youth has inspired a noble America, free of poverty, ignorance and
crime. It believes education and
Christian spirit will solve all the ills
of the world if all are given an opportunity to share it-
A desire for government control
that comes with Fascism would spell
ruin to business and also destroy individual initiative. Never again would
we develop the great business geniuses that have made us the world's
greatest commercial power;
Our United States of America is the
outstanding example that people of all
nationalities, creeds, and colors can
live together in harmony and peace
in a strong government without armed frontiers and custom barriers.
To live under the freedom of Democracy, we must stand together aud
uphold and defend our constitution to
the end, that America shall keep the
honorable peace and by example, afford to the other nations of earth the
■hope that through Democratic institutions the world may some day
reach the goal of a permanent and en
during peace.
Doctor
Townseni
RECENTLY
I listened to a
high public official discuss the
problem of unemployment and
its cure. The latter, he declared,
was to be found
in increased production through
'technological
methods and its consequent reduction of prices. If all prices were
low, he declared, the people would
buy and use them and unemployment would end. But he forgot the
most important factor — the buying
power of these same people now out
of work. Unless people have money,
it makes little difference to them
whether automobiles be sold for
52,000 or for $100. It seems to me
he put the cart before the horsi.T
SENIOR PLAY TO BE
GIVEN NEXT WEEK
The Senior Class of the Pine River
High School invites you to attend
their class play at the school auditorium, Friday evening, May 10. Follow
ing is a synopsis of the play "The
Great Ben Allah:"
"The course of true love is never
smooth." The wind that iroughens
the waters of romance in this parti-
cuar case is a woman's interest in
spiritulism. So deep is her interest
that she refuses her daughter to ma>'-
ry an ordinary earth-bound mortal-
To the rescue—Skipper Aunt Bobbie, and The Great Ben Allah, who 's
none other than Romeo himseLf. The
smitten young man succeeds in hypnotizing the butler, in freightening his
prospective mother-in-law to a state
of unconsciousness, and (need it be
added?) in winning the fair hand of
the young lady. Additional romance is
supplied in smaller doses by their
friends, a gay young girl and a young
man who is by turns, a long lost soul
from another world, an unsuspecting
mortal of this, and Rip Van Winitle
(Amateur •performance). Another
small dose is administered by none
other than old maid, Aunt Bobbie and
a professor of pyschology. It may be
the food, the weather, or the effect
of hypnosis, but the butler and tne
maid become that way. Braving tne
crossfire of cupid's darts is spiritualist, Mrs. Aldrich, who is for a time,
under the impression that she is
dead.
OAST:
Ben Allen (Ben Allah) Floyd Stanley.
Ruth Aldrich, who wants to marry
for love      Edith Velde
Mrs. Aldrich, her scatterbrained
mother     Francis Gildow
Aunt Roberta, her practical sister,
Leona Hopke.
Helen Johnson, Ruth's friend..Vera
Peterson.
Ed. Watson, Ben's friend . .Vernon
Basore.
Hawkins, the butler .. Chesley Gregory.
Dorothy, the maid in love with
Hawkins      Ruth Oleson
(Professor Rawlins, Aunt Robert's
long lost boy-friend.-Donald Peterson
Mrs. Van Schuler, Mrs. Aldrich's
"snooty" friend in spiritulism, Cora
Boyer.
Director       Mr.  Joues
DWIGHT   SHERWOOD     IS
COMPLIMENTED  ON  WORK
WITH  BRAINERD CHORAL CLU3
Dwight Sherwood who has been
vocal instructor in the Brainerd
schools for the past two years, nas
been highly complimented for his
work with the high school chorus of
that city- The chorus, under Mr-
Sherwood's direction, and the band
under Mr. Everett Nelson's guidance-
received perfect ratings in 10 of 12
events at the fourth district meet at
St- Cloud recently. The two groups
also earned places in the state contest being held this week.
Judges termed the choir a superior
group in every sense of the word.
ANAWA 4-H   CLUB  NEWS
The Anawa 4-H Club will give a
program and pie social May 7, at the
Maple Hill school. Everyone is invited to attend. Ladies are asked to
bring pies.
Commercial Club
Votes To Sponsor
Fourth Celebration
WPA Workers To
Be Paid Every Two
Weeks, After May 1
All workers on Minn°sota WPA pro
jects will be paid every two weeks
instead of twice a month as they now
are, under the new four-week pay
month being inaugurated by S. L.
Stolte, administrator.
The new basis of pay will be effective with all pay periods beginning ou
or after May 1, 1940. As a result,
payday will be fixed on the same day
of the week for each pay period beginning on or after that date. For
example, a pay period which begins
on May 1, will end May 14, and payday will come eight days later, on
Wednesday, May 22. Thereafter, paydays will fall on alternate Wednesdays for such a pay group. 'Similarly
each payroll period beginning after
May 1, will have its payday fixed on
a definite alternate week day.
The change has been made for two
reasons; to increase efficiency of administration in the operation of projects and in the handling of payrolls,
and to make possible the receipt of
his paycheck by the worker the same
day of each alternate week-
Under the calendar month system
in use up to now, workers have been
scheduled for 130 hours every month,
while under the four-week pay month
plan they will be scheduled for 120
hours every 28 days- However, since
the new system will increase the number of payroll periods from 24 to 26
per year, the total scheduled working
hours per year will remain unchanged ; namely, 1,560 under either system,
and hence the total scheduled annual
earnings will be exactly the same.
Other agencies of the Federal government operating projects financed
by transfer of WPA funds will be requested to adopt the four-week pay
month. The plan to pay workers every two weeks irrespective of calendar dates is in use in many private
industries.
SCHOOL NEWS
At a general assembly program on
Tuesday, classes studied the Chippewa Indians, following them through
the various seasons of the year and
through periods of starvation and
periods of plenty.
The seventh graders who have enjoyed a bird club this year, under the
guidance of Miss Armstrong, rounded
out the year's club activities with a.
play, music, poems and recitations
about birds, Friday. Misses Spriggs
and Isaacson assisted with the program. _
The boy's track team went to New
York Mills Friday morning (today)
where they will take part in the track
meet.
The Junior and Senior high school
chorus will go to Crosby-Ironton Satur
day, where they will attend the music
festival. The Anderson, Rovik and
Swift buses will take the students.
Assembly programs have been scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week.
Please Take Note: The Senior Class
Play will be presented May 10, instead of May 15, as formerly advertised.
SECOND     GRADE
We made May-baskets during art
period Monday and Tuesday.
Everyone enjoyed the show "The
Little Dutch Tuilp Girl."
We studied the poem Wynkcm,
Blynken and Nod and illustrated it.
THIRD   GhADE
We have, had many absences in our
room and we hope they all can come
back soon.
• Our room enjoyed the assembly
"Silent Enemy" and our class rooin
picture "The Little Dutch Tulip Girt"
this week.
.Marlys Wynn and Shirley Flynn
have completed fourth grade spelling.
For language, we are enjoying pu-
ems, stories and pictures of Japan
and in reading we have started the
study of Lapland.
SIXTH     GRADE
The sixth graders enjoy having    a
The local Commercial Club helil
their monthly dinner and meeting at
the Lake Region Hotel Tuesday. Fifteen members and ten guests were,
present. A delegation from the Nini-
rod and Sebeka clubs account for
the large number of visitors-
Following the dinner, a discussion
concerning the proposed Duluth Fargo highway was opened, with reference to having the new road routed
through Pine River, and to go over
the present west road.
The Sebeka-Nimrod delegation explained the work they had done toward having this highway routed thru
their towns, which seems according
to the map to be the logical and proper location. Their purpose was to
present the facts they had already
gathered, to the local club, with tne
idea of continuing the route from
Nimrod through Pine River via the
west road.
Mr. Lyman, Mr. Woods, Mr- Patterson of Sebeka and Mr. Tomlinson and
Mr. Andrews of Nimrod, all gave
short talks explaining the purpose
and possibilities of this route which
is also of vital importance to Pine
River, inasmuch as it would provide
first class highways for west and east
trading territories.
The route has already been designated from Fergus Falls to Nimrod,
and in order to complete the link, it
is necessary that the local club takes
the necessary steps of securing the
designation of the route east from
Nimrod.
A committee was appointed, by
president John Rohr, to take this matter under consideration and furnish a
report at the next meeting. The committee consists of Arvid Lundin, H. J.
Luscher and Otto Haack.
D. L. Triggs then spoke in behalf of
the VFW Post, stating that the veterans had voted to furnish prizes and
conduct a parade providing a July
Fourth celebration is held in Pine River- The prizes to be for parade*
floats. After discussing the merits of
a celebration, the club voted to sponsor a celebration this year. Committees will be appointed this week to begin plans.
The club also proposed that the village council set aside five acres or
more of the plot of ground owned by
the village near the fair grounds r
the purpose of furnishing garden
space for needy families. It was alsi/
decided to send an invitation to the
181st Field Artillery Band of Iowa, to
play a concert here sometime during
June.
The next meeting will be held on
May 21, at the hotel, in place of May
28, the regular meeting date, to accomodate a speaker from the Minnesota' Rural Credit Department.
Eleven Confirmed
At Swanburg Sunday
A class of elevn were confirmed
Sunday at the Faith Lutheran Church
of Swanburg, by.Rev. J. F. Masted-
Among this group were two adults
and two youths that were baptized.
Confirments included Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Musolf, Inez and Leonard Mu-
solf, Grace and Arthur Rude, and Barbara Bowman, all of Fifty Lakes; Rus
sell Hendrickson, Allen Carlson, Kenneth Goldenstein and Doris Anderson
of Swanburg. Partaking of the Lord's
supper followed the confirmation service.
Mr. and Mrs- Franklin Kline of Albertville, spent Sunday at the Kline
and Dahl homes.
number of their sick students, return
again. They are DelRose Dubbs,
Earl Sevesind and Delarene Douguer-
ty-
The sixth graders enjoyed the show:
"Silent Enemy."
They have started the study of
China and find it very interesting.
Science has become an interesting
study in the sixth grade. They are
making booklets of the solar system.
Each student is allowed to select
their own project in art, for their final work.